About Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN)

Texas Instruments Incorporated designs, makes and sells semiconductors to electronics designers and manufacturers across the world. The Company operates through two segments: Analog and Embedded Processing. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had design, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. The Company's Analog segment's product line includes High Volume Analog & Logic (HVAL), Power Management (Power), High Performance Analog (HPA) and Silicon Valley Analog (SVA). HVAL products support applications, such as automotive safety devices, touchscreen controllers, low-voltage motor drivers and integrated motor controllers. The Company's Embedded Processing segment's product line includes Processor, Microcontrollers and Connectivity. Processor products include digital signal processors (DSPs) and applications processors. DSPs perform mathematical computations to process digital data.

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Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) Frequently Asked Questions

What is Texas Instruments' stock symbol?

Texas Instruments trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "TXN."

How often does Texas Instruments pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Texas Instruments?

Texas Instruments announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 18th. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.62 per share on Monday, February 12th. This represents a $2.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.30%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, January 30th. View Texas Instruments' Dividend History.

How will Texas Instruments' stock buyback program work?

Texas Instruments declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Friday, September 22nd 2017, which permits the company to buyback $6,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 74% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

How were Texas Instruments' earnings last quarter?

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 23rd. The semiconductor company reported $1.09 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $1.09. The semiconductor company earned $3.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.74 billion. Texas Instruments had a net margin of 24.61% and a return on equity of 40.83%. The firm's revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.91 earnings per share. View Texas Instruments' Earnings History.

When will Texas Instruments make its next earnings announcement?

What guidance has Texas Instruments issued on next quarter's earnings?

Texas Instruments updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.98-1.14 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.04. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.49-3.79 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.63 billion.

Where is Texas Instruments' stock going? Where will Texas Instruments' stock price be in 2018?

27 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Texas Instruments' stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $138.00. On average, they anticipate Texas Instruments' stock price to reach $110.54 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Texas Instruments.

What are Wall Street analysts saying about Texas Instruments stock?

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Texas Instruments stock:

1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Texas Instruments has outperformed the industry it belongs In the past 12 months. The company continues to prudently invest its R&D dollars in several high margin, high-growth areas of the analog and embedded processing markets. This is gradually increasing its exposure to industrial and automotive markets and dollar content at customers, while reducing exposure to volatile consumer/computing markets. Margins continue to expand on secular strength in the auto and industrial markets, a stronger mix of analog and embedded processing products and manufacturing efficiencies that include growing 300-millimeter Analog output. Off late, estimates have remained stable ahead of the company's Q4 earnings release. The company has positive record of earnings surprises in recent quarters. However, increasing competition, unfavorable currency effect and a high debt load remain concerns." (1/22/2018)

Are investors shorting Texas Instruments?

Texas Instruments saw a drop in short interest during the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 14,856,968 shares, a drop of 12.7% from the January 31st total of 17,010,109 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 8,052,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Has Texas Instruments been receiving favorable news coverage?

Media stories about TXN stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Texas Instruments earned a daily sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the semiconductor company an impact score of 46.25 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

How do I buy shares of Texas Instruments?

Shares of TXN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

What is Texas Instruments' stock price today?

One share of TXN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $107.86.

How big of a company is Texas Instruments?

Texas Instruments has a market capitalization of $108.19 billion and generates $14.96 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $3.68 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.60 on an earnings per share basis. Texas Instruments employs 29,714 workers across the globe.

MarketBeat Community Rating for Texas Instruments (TXN)

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Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) Analysts' Consensus Rating

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